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Friday, August 11, 2017

Powerline Fire Update August 11, 2017

Fire Information: 208-238-8385

@BLMIdahoFireUSFSCaribouTarghee .idahofireinfo.com

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5467/

The Powerline Fire is 98% contained and full
containment is expected sometime today. Most of the remaining work involves repairing
impacts from fire suppression. A Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) has
been mobilized to the fire to take action aimed at reducing the erosion impacts
on the burned area. The incident
management team will be transitioning command of the fire back to local fire
managers on Sunday. Minimal smoke and flame will be visible from interior
islands torching in the next few days.

Most of the smoke and haze lingering in the Pocatello Valley is not from
the Powerline Fire, but from a prolonged upper level flow of air bringing smoke
from fires elsewhere. There are 180 active wildfires burning throughout the
Pacific Northwest and Canada. The attached image shows the concentration and flow
of this smoke. “Most of the smoke produced by our fire is not likely to reach
very far”, said team Fire Behavior Analyst, Nick Yturri. He continued saying, “the
smoke in and around Pocatello is being brought down from fires to the north of
us”.

Land managers wish to remind the public to make sure
campfires are extinguished properly. If it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to
leave.